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T G. HUGHES.

AUTOMATIC FIRE LIGHTER. No. 319,722. Patented June 9, 1885.

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f iiNrTED Tara's CHARLES HUGHES, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

AUTOMATIC Fl R.E-L|GHTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 319,722, dated June 9,1885.

Application filed October 11, 1884.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CHARLES HUGHES, of the city, county, and State ofNew York, have invented a new and Improved Automatic Fire- Lighter, ofwhich the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of my invention is to provide a new and improved automaticfire lighter which lights the fire at any desired time.

The invention consists in the combination, with an alarm-clockmechanism, of a springactuated lever adapted to hold a match and a pieceof inflammable material, a trigger for locking the lever, which triggeris operated by the clock-work mechanism, and of a rod pivoted on theclock-casing and carrying a plate on which a piece of sand-paper or likematerial is held, all as hereinafter fully described, and pointed out inthe claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a face view of my improved firelighter, parts being brokenout. Fig. 2 is a crosssectional View of the same. Fig. 3 is a plan View.

On the notched disk A of an alarm-clock of the usual construction oneend of a pivoted lever, B, rests, acted upon by a spring, 0, whichpresses the free end of the lever upon the edge of the disk.

A rod or wire, D, having its upper end connected withthe lever B, hasits lower end connected with a trigger-lever, E, pivoted on a frame, E,projecting from the inner surface of one side of the clock-case A.

On a shaft, F, journaled in the frame E, are rigidly mounted a pinion,G, and a lever, H, projecting through a vertical slot, H, in the back ofthe casing A. The pinion G engages with a cog-wheel, J, mounted on ashaft, K,to which one end of a spiral spring, L, is secured, the otherend being fastened to the frame E.

On the outer end and upper edge of the lever H two pairs of spring jawsor clamps, M, are secured,which are adapted to hold a match, N, the headof which projects beyond the end of the lever.

A hook or prong, 0, projects downward from the free end of the lever.

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A plate, 1?, forming a socket, P, is secured on the back of the casing Aand receives the bent inner end of a rod, Q, to the free end of which anarm, R, is pivoted, carrying a downwardly-inclined spring-frame, I, anda vertically-swinging plate, S, resting on the springframe and providedat its upper end with two pins, T.

The socket P has a notch in the topof its outer side.

The operation is as follows: The alarm mechanism is set in the usualmanner, a match, N, is placed in the spring-clamps M, and the outer endof the lever H is raised until its inner end is engaged by the triggerE. By raising the lever H the pinion G, the wheel J, and the shaft K areturned and the spring L is tightened. A piece of sand-paper or likematerial is held on the plate S by means of the pins T, and a piece ofpaper or other very combustible material is held on thehook or prong Oon the free end of the lever H. The casing A is then placed directly infront of the stove, so that when the paper or combustible material onthe hook O burns it can ignite the fuel in the stove. At the time forwhich the clock has been set the notch on the disk A comes under thefree end of the lever B, the spring 0 forces the leverB downward, and bymeans of the rod D swings the trigger-lever from the inner end of thelever H,which is forcibly swung down by the spring L, whereby the matchis rubbed over the sand-paper on the plate S and ignited, and in turnignites the paper or other combustible material on the hook O.

The rod Q is held in place to project from the back of the casing bybeing passed into the notch in the top of the socket.

\Vhen the apparatus is not in use, the rod Q is raised slightly and thenswung against the back of the casing, the arm B being also swung againstthe back of the casing, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 3.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecureby Letters Patent, is

1. In an automatic fire-lighter, the combination, with analarm-clock-work mechanism, of the lever B, the rod D, the trigger E,the match-holding lever H, the pinion G, the cogwheel J, and the springL, substantially as spring acting on it, the rod Q, pivoted on theherein shown and described. back of the clcck-casing, the arm R, pivoted2. In an automatic fire-1ighter, the combito the rod Q, and a plate, S,held on the arm nation, with a clock-work mechanism, of the Randprovided-with pinsT for holdingapiece 5 trigger E, the rod or wire D,the lever H, the 0f sand-paper or analogous material.

- pinion G the cog-wheel J the clamps M on the lever H, and the hook O0n the lever H, CHARLES HUGHES substantially as herein shown anddescribed. Witnesses:

3. In an alarm-clock, the c0mbinati0n,with EDWIN CLARK,

10 a clock-work mechanism, of the lever H, a EVAN JOHN.

